Weren’t you just saying you wish you knew where to find hours and hours of sweet old video clips featuring really rad cars from the 1980s and ’90s? Well… you’re welcome. The YouTube channel “VHS Rallies” has you covered.
Following a ransomware attack against foreign exchange company Travelex earlier this year, the company reportedly paid a hefty, multimillion-dollar sum to hackers in the form of hundreds of bitcoin.
The coronavirus pandemic has already been wrecking release schedules for everything from blockbuster movies to new operating systems. But now, even something that’s been helping people stay connected in this time of social distancing is running into issues: emoji.
A court in Hong Kong largely upheld a ban on face masks at illegal assemblies on Thursday, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—though it also found that bans at legal assemblies or allowing police to demand that people remove their masks violates the special administrative region’s constitution, per the Guardian.
It was just November the last time the cross-country Cannonball run record was broken by three guys in a Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. Considering nobody is travelling at the moment, it presented an opportunity for the record to allegedly be broken again, this time in an Audi A8.
As a result of the air pollution dropping dramatically, but several analyses are now showing that our greenhouse gas emissions are dropping, too. In fact, the pandemic may lead to the largest annual fall in emissions ever recorded.
On the same day jobless claims in the U.S. surpassed 16 million, business review and recommendation mainstay Yelp announced it would be downsizing—by a lot—citing the economic downturn amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
If you love Tim Burton’s 1988 horror-comedy classic. We’re excited to debut it today on Gizmodo!
Scientists working in the south of France have discovered a small Neanderthal cord fragment dating back to over 41,000 years ago. It’s now the oldest evidence of fibre technology in the archaeological record, and further testament to the remarkable cognitive abilities of these extinct humans.
When the Polestar Precept concept from Volvo’s electrified sister company first debuted last month, I didn’t think there was a lot of specifications and details to really get excited about yet, as it was just a vague concept. And that’s still true! But it turns out the interior is actually…
Should members of the public be wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s a controversial question, with different countries and authorities giving different advice.
There’s a lot of cockamamie coronavirus theories floating around right now. You may have even had an over-eager friend send you one or two, but in an effort to curb their proliferation, WhatsApp is tightening its limits on message forwarding.
Television can be a rough business”just look at what’s happening right now, with social distancing guidelines shutting down productions across the world. Even under normal circumstances, how Hollywood runs means that shows have to end before their time, leading to botched storylines and clumsy epilogues. Here are some key examples.
Telstra has quietly doubled the amount of data you get in its entry-level plan. The good news is that this won’t disappear after the coronavirus crisis is over – the extra gigabytes are here to stay.
Most things in Australia can kill you, and apparently that also applies to our native wildlife. The cane toad, an invasive species, threatens both domestic and native animals with its poisonous skin. As it turns out, one native darling ” the rakali or Australian water rat ” has found a…
Not even global pandemic can stop tech leaks apparently, as the latest titbit about Apple’s iPhone 12 reveals the four different variants the smartphone will be available in when it drops.
The internet loves Nürburgring crashes. Race crashes, prototype crashes, crash compilations—we’re obsessed. But we don’t really talk about what comes next. The price penalty drivers face for wrecking part of the track is probably worth more than the cars.
Samsung’s S20 flagship lineup is impressive, but the trio of phones is also expensive as hell. In this economy, nobody is gonna spend up to $2,000 on a smartphone. We need more affordable options and Samsung just took the wraps off its budget lineup, with six budget handsets to choose from,…
Just days after hitting Vanuatu, Cyclone Harold struck Fiji on Wednesday. These island nations are coping with fallout from coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean extreme weather will take it easy on those in its path. That’s certainly been the case with this monster cyclone.
Real life: Sometimes it’s stranger than science fiction. Even though we’re in the middle of a pandemic, Trump’s attempt to create a new branch of the military seems to still be underway. But until there are boots on the ground (of the moon), legitimacy is still a long way off….
More than 600 metres beneath the ocean surface, an otherworldly, 15-metre-wide marine organism floats… and feeds.
Legendary songwriter John Prine died on Tuesday due to covid-19 complications. If you know one John Prine song, it’s probably “Paradise,†a bittersweet lament about the devastation the coal mining industry brought to his parents’ hometown in Kentucky.
Following the absolute omnishambles that was the delayed-too-late Australian Grand Prix (above), Formula One has been postponed or cancelled an additional eight rounds. The Canadian Grand Prix, originally scheduled for June 14, is the latest of them to fall victim to the coronavirus global pandemic. Of the 22 grands prix…
A new study is the latest to show how indistinguishable false memories are from real ones. People who watched someone else recount a supposed recollection were unable to tell whether the memory was false with any better accuracy than chance, the study found. Moreover, in many cases the people describing their…
Well, that was fast. Google has made Stadia free for the next two months. No charges—just a handful of games, including Destiny 2, absolutely free to anyone with a Gmail account and a supported web browser or phone.
Colouring books, which enjoyed a huge reconnaissance a few years ago before dying off again, are poised to take one last victory lap as the perfect stress reliever for quarantine life. A little creativity can go a long way toward improving mental health, so Adobe has created a free digital…
Although the Nintendo Switch includes a dock that works just fine for connecting to a TV, it’s not perfect. Some have reported it’s actually scratched their portable’s screen, and its functionality is barebones. Now’s the perfect time to give your Switch an upgrade with a dock that does more than…
It never fails to surprise me about how poorly major automakers kept records up until quite recently. For example, Volkswagen seems to have no idea they may have been the first to develop first-person driving video games. In much the same way, Ford can’t seem to remember that time they…
Around the world, people are racing to design and manufacture much-needed ventilators to address a global lack of supply. One New York hospital has reportedly attempted treating two patients per ventilator out of desperation.
A conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers†of 5G technology to the virus during an interview in January.
It’s no secret that Harley’s new electric LiveWire is quick in a straight line. I mean, sure it weighs 550 pounds (250 kg), but it’s got 105 horseponies and 86 lb-ft of torque, which isn’t insignificant. And being electric, it’s all available instantly. We know that electric vehicles have developed…
YouTube has tightened its restrictions on videos that claim that 5G is linked to the outbreak and spread of COVID-19. Its new policies will include video deletion, after a livestream with a known conspiracy-theorist aired earlier this week.
Sometimes you’ve got to just treat yourself”especially when you’re stuck at home during covid-19 related TV’s best characters have done from time to time. Of course, it usually doesn’t turn out so well.
